Vivian Kalfon
My next Guest Artist is Vivian Kalfon, daughter of Judith Schwartz, who took these photos of Vivian's beautiful pieces.
Vivian writes:
"I come from a long line of stitchers. My maternal great-grandparents were tailors as was my paternal grandfather. My father is a surgeon and my mother Judy Schwartz is a stitcher and a quest artist here in this Gallery. I started stitching when I was in high school and have never stopped. I still have the first piece I ever did and it now resides in my office at work."
Please click on the images to see the enlargements:
"Lemons"
Neon Rays, DMC Floss, Over Dye.
"Lemons is hanging in my kitchen. I wanted to enhance the
"kitcheny feel" in this room where so many good things happen!
What I find most appealing about "Lemons" the finished project
is the 3 dimensional effect it gives off."
"Laundry"
Over dyes, Neon Rays, floss, metalics.
* See also this detail of Vivian's stitching
"I fell in love with this canvas the first time I saw it.
It was the first piece that I used and tried a variety of different stitches."
"Heart Wreath"
Designer - Lynne Tomlinson
* See also this detail of Vivian's stitching.
"The actual name of the piece was Log Cabin Hearts.
This was my first charted piece. It's on congress cloth and I
stitched this piece when I was in university."
"Chala Cover"
Over dyes, Neon Rays, beads, floss, metalics.
* See also this detail of Vivian's stitching
"This canvas was a purchased with a gift certificate from a previous employer. It is the second functional piece that I have stitched which contains Judaica. A lot of the stitching in this piece was done at a time in my life, when each Wednesday I could gather with my mom and her stitching friends.
I learned how to bead, and 'pad', (I think that is right, Rosalyn will know, she taught me,) for this piece. Needless to say it has a lot of value to me".
Vivian Kalfon - 2006
Vivian's mother writes:
"I am so pleased that Viv's work is being included here in the Stitchamaze Guest Gallery. It has been a pleasure for me to watch her expertise and pleasure grow over the years and to have the advisory role often change from mother/daughter to daughter/mother.
As Viv mentioned, she is the most recent link in the chain of a family familiar with needle work, but since her 5 year old son is expressing an interest in stitching, it appears that the chain will not be broken. I look forward to seeing Nathan's work in the Guest Gallery one day!"
Judith Schwartz
